abah

• (Standard Indonesian) IPA^(key): /ˈabah/ [ˈa.bah]
• Rhymes: -abah
• Syllabification: a‧bah

Inherited from Malay abah (“direction”). Doublet of aba.

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (chiefly obsolete) direction

   Synonym: tujuan

2. alternative form of abah-abah

Inherited from Malay abah.

abah (plural abah-abah)

1. (dialectal) synonym of ayah (“father”)

• “abah”, in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia [Great Dictionary of the Indonesian Language] (in Indonesian), Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016

abah

1. romanization of ꦲꦧꦃ

• aba, bah

• (Baku, Johor-Riau) IPA^(key): /ˈabah/ [ˈa.bah]

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• Rhymes: -abah, -bah, -ah
• Hyphenation: a‧bah

Inherited from Proto-Malayic *abah, an alternative form of *aba.

abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah)

1. father (male parent)

   Synonyms: aba, ayah, bapa, rama

2. (slang, informal) a popular leader.
3. (slang, Malaysia, informal, politics) Former Prime Minister Muhyiddin Yassin.
   • 2021, Harakah Daily[1]

     Situasi itu dapat dilihat apabila netizen dan orang ramai meluahkan perasaan mahu Abah (perdana menteri) terus kekal menerajui pentadbiran negara. Kondisi itu dapat dilihat sejak semalam. (This situation can be seen when netizens and the public express the feeling that they want Abah (the prime minister) should continue leading the country's administration. The condition can be seen since yesterday.)

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• > Indonesian: abah (inherited)

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abah (Jawi spelling ابه, plural abah-abah)

1. direction

   Synonyms: arah, tuju

• > Indonesian: abah (inherited)

• “abah”, in Pusat Rujukan Persuratan Melayu [Malay Literary Reference Centre] (in Malay), Kuala Lumpur: Dewan Bahasa dan Pustaka, 2017

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abah

1. harness

• Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)
  • → Indonesian: abah

• "abah" in P.J. Zoetmulder with the collaboration of S.O. Robson, Old Javanese-English Dictionary. 's-Gravenhage: M. Nijhoff, 1982.

Perhaps from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *aba, from Proto-Austronesian *aba.

abah (Sundanese script ᮃᮘᮂ)

1. father (male parent)

• → Javanese: ꦲꦧꦃ (abah)